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Pacific Madrone ..... .

a general bibliography for a promising species

PHIL1P M.McDONALD and WILLIAM E.SUNDAHL

ABSTRACT: Lis t s 60 references, 21 of which emphasize the desirable wood working characteristics of the species.

The supply of merchantable hardwoods in California is esti­mated at about 1.6 billion board feet (Int. 1/4 -inch log rule), ac­

cording to the 1963 Forest Survey. A significant portion of this total is Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii PurshJ, whose range extends along the Pacific Coast from southern British Columbia to southern california (fig.l). So far, the demand for this raw material has been rather small largely because no profitable market has existed.

Recently, several operators - -both large and small- -have begun to manufacture hardwood products in 0 reg 0 nan d California . Their activities have created interest in the available knowledge on the species, particularly on its wood working charactenstics.

This note b r in g s together most of the available references on Pacific madrone .

Subject

Dendrology Ecology ...

Biotic factor s. Climatic factors

Index

Exceptional size and longevity. Forest types

Injuries Disease. Insects .

Management Mensuration

Site quality Surveys .. Volume tables

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Subject

Products Gluing. Machining. Medicinal. Pulping .. Seasoning. Strength ... Uses of wood Veneer ..... Wood chemistry.

Silvicul tur e Coppicing .. Seed crops . Regeneration Weeding ...

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Bibliography

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1918. Giant madrone of California. Amer. Forestry 24: 102. (1)

Anonymous 1941. California giant madrone. Amer. Forests 47: 356. (2)

Baker, F. S. 1949. A revised tolerance table. J. Forestry 47:

179 - 181. (3)

Benson, G. T. 1930. The trees and shrubs of western Oregon. Stanford

Univ., Dudley Herb. Contrib. 2, 170 pp., illus. (4)

Boyce, John S. 1961. Forest pathology. Ed. 3, 572 pp., illus. New York:

McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc. (5)

Brandt, L. E., Ihrig, H. G., and Stephenson, J. W. 1947. Arbutus menziesii in its native habitat. Royal Hort.

Soc. J. 72: 159-160. (6)

Brush, W. D. 1948. Pacific madrone. Amer. Forests 54: 122-123. (7 )

Bryan, Eugene L. 1959. Kiln drying 4 x 4 Pacific madrone. Calif. Forestry

& Forest Prod. 15, 5 pp. (8)

Bryan, Eugene L. 1960. Collapse and its removal in Pacific madrone. Forest

Prod. J. 10: 598 - 604. (9)

Carstensen, J. P. 1961. Gluing char acteristics of softwood veneers and

secondary western hardwoods. Forest Prod. J. 11: 313 - 315. (10)

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Davis, E. M. 1947. Machining of madrone, California laurel, tanbark

oak, and chinquapin. U. S. Forest Servo Forest Prod. Lab. Rep. R-1727, 6 pp. (11)

Dixon, Dorothy 1961. These are the champs. Amer. Forests 67: 40 - 50. (12)

Ecklund, Barton A. 1959. Drying behavior of wood with water replaced by

non -aqueous liquids. Univ. Calif. Forest Prod. Lab. Paper, 14 pp., illus. (13)

Eley, C. 1947. Arbutus menziesii. Royal Hort. Soc. J. 72: 32 - 33. (14)

Ellwood, E. L. 1958. Problems and prospects in drying California hard-

woods for high-quality use. Calif. Forestry & Forest Prod. 8, 5 pp. (15)

Ellwood, E. L., and Ecklund, B. A. 1963. The effect of organic liquids on collapse and shrink-

age of wood. I. Effect of degrees of replacement. Forest Prod. J. 13: 291 - 298.

Ellwood, E. L., and Ecklund, B. A. 1963. The effect of organic liquids on collapse and shrink-

age of wood. II. Effect of drying temperatures. Forest Prod. J. 13 : 350 - 354.

Ellwood, E. L., Ecklund, B. A., and Zavarin, E. 1963. The effect of organic liquids on collapse and shrink-

age of wood. III. Chemical influences. Forest Prod. J. 13: 401 - 404.

Espenas, L. D. 1951. The seasoning of Oregon hardwoods. Oreg. Forest

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Prod. Lab. Inform. Circ. 6, 35 pp., illus. (19)

Graham, R. D. 1954. Vapor drying of western woods. Oreg. Forest Prod.

Lab. Rep. D-2, 11 pp., illus. (20)

Gratkowski, Henry J. 1961. Use of herbicides on forest lands in southwestern

Oregon. U. S. Forest Servo Pacific NW. Forest & Range Exp. Sta. Res. Note 217, 18 pp. (21)

Hamilton, J. K., and Thompson, N. S. 1959. A comparison of the carbohydrates of hardwoods and

softwoods. Tappi 42: 752 - 760. (22)

Hammarlund, E. R., Pennington, D E., and Rising, L. W. 1952. An antibacterial substance from the leaves of

Arbutus menziesii. J. Amer. Pharm. Ass. 41: 561 - 565. (23)

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Hornibrook, E. M., Larson, R. W. J Van Akkeren, J. J., and Hasel, A. A.

1950 . Board-foot and cubic-foot volume tables for some California hardwoods. U. S. Forest Servo Calif. Forest & Range Exp. Sta. Ires. Note 67, 31 pp. , illus. (24)

Jepson, Willis L. 1957. A manual of the flowering plants of California.

744 pp. J illus . Berkeley: Univ. Calif. Press. (25)

Kabadi, B., and Hammarlund, E. R. 1963. Preliminary identification of the antibacterial

principle "madronin" from the leaves of Arbutus menziesii. J. Pharm. Sci. 52: 1154 - 1159. (26)

Kay, B. L., Leonard, O. A., and Street, J. E. 1961. Control of madrone and tanoak stump sprouting.

Weeds 9: 369 - 373. (27)

Keen, F. P. 1952. Insect enemies of western forests . U. S. Dep.

Agr. Misc. Publ. 273 (rev.), 280 pp., illus. (28)

Kittridge, J. A. 1940. Comparison of forest floors from plantations of

the same age and environment. J. Forestry 38 : 729 - 731. (29)

Kurth, E. 1948.

Laundr i e, 1959.

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Paper Trade J. 126 ~6): 56 - 57.

J. F. Continuous cold soda pulping of west coast red

alder, tanoak, madrone, and big leaf maple. U. S. Forest Servo Forest Prod. Lab. R-2162, 12 pp.

Little, Elbert L., Jr. 1953. Check list of native and naturalized tr ees of the

United States. U. S. Dep. Agr. Handb. 41,

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472 pp. (32)

Lyons, C. P. 1952. Trees, shrubs, and flowers to know in British

Columbia. 168 pp., illus. Vancouver, B. C. : J. M. Dent & Sons . (33)

Metcalf, 1965.

Melvin A. Hardwood timber resources of the Douglas -fir

subregion. U. S. Forest Servo Res. Bull. PNW -11 ~ Pacific NW. Forest & Range Exp. Sta., Portland, Oreg. 12 pp.

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Mitchell, Harry O. 1958. Pacific coast hardwoods and their uses. Nat.

Hardwood Mag. 32(11); 110 - 114.

Olson, W. Z . 1949. Some tests on the gluing characteristics of four

West Coast hardwoods: chinquapin, tanoak, California laurel, and madrone. Calif. Lumber

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Merchant 27 ' 24): 48 - 52. (36)

Olson, W. Z. 1955. Gluing characteristics of chinquapin, tanoak,

California laurel, madrone. U. S. Forest Serv. Forest Prod. Lab. Rep. 2030, 7 pp. (37)

Peace, T. R. 1962. Pathology of trees and shrubs with special reference

to Britian. 753 pp., illus. Oxford: Clarendon Press. (38)

Pelton, John 1962. Factors influencing survival and growth of a seedling

population of Arbutus menziesii in California. Madrono 16: 237 - 276. (39)

Pfeiffer, J. R. 1953. Basic data for Oregon hardwoods. Oreg. Forest

Prod. Lab. Rep. G-2, 40 pp., illus. (40)

Pfeiffer, J. R. 1953. Western hardwoods - -a promising industry. Nat.

Hardwood Mag. 27 : 43 - 45, 51. (41)

Porter, D. R., and Wiant, H. V., Jr. 1965. Site index equations for tanoak, Pacific madrone,

and red alder in the redwood region of Humboldt County, California. J. Forestry 63: 286 - 287. (42)

Roy, Douglass F. 1955. Hardwood sprout measurements in northwestern

California. U. S . Forest Servo Calif. Forest & Range Exp. Sta. Res. Note 95, 6pp., illus. (43)

Roy, Douglass F. 1957. Silvical characteristics of tanoak. U. S. Forest

Servo Calif. Forest & Range Exp. Sta. Tech. Paper 22, 21 pp., illus. (44)

.. Roy, Douglass F.

1962. California hardwoods: Management practices and problems. J. Forestry 60: 184 - 186. (45)

Schniewind, Arno P. 1957. The strength and related properties of Pacific madrone.

1. General description and strength propert ies in the green c ondition. Calif. Forestry & Forest Prod. 3, 4 pp. (46)

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Schniewind, Arno P. 1960. The strength and related properties of Pacific

madrone. II. Shrinkage and strength proper­ties in the air dry condition. Calif. Forestry & Forest Prod. 20, 4 pp. (47)

Schubert, G. H. 1950 . Control of sprouting of tanoak and madrone stumps.

U . S. Forest Serv . Calif. Forest & Range Exp. Sta . Res . Note 74, 2 pp. (48)

Smith, H . H. 1954. Seasoning California hardwoods . U. S . Forest Servo

Calif. Forest & Range Exp . Sta . Tech. Paper 5, 18 pp . , illus. (49)

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Sta. Silvical Ser . 6, 10 pp . , illus. (54)

Tehon, L. R. 1943. Canker of Pacific dogwood and madrona . Amer .

Nurseryman 77: 24 - 25. (55)

Torgeson, O. W. 1947. Kiln drying schedules for I-inch laurel, madrone,

tanoak, and chinquapin. U. S. Forest Servo Forest Prod. Lab. R-1684, 24 pp., illus. (56 )

U. S. Forest Service 1948. Woody-plant seed manual. U. S. Dep . Agr. Misc .

Publ. 654, 416 pp . , illus . (57)

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Forest Res. Rep. 17, 235 pp . , illus . (58 )

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U. S. Forest Service California Forest and Range Experiment Station

1954. Forest statistics for California. Forest Surv. Release 25, 66 pp., illus.

U. S. Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory 1959. Veneer cutting and drying properties: Pacific

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The Authors' ________________________________________ __

PHILIP M. McDONALD is studying silvicultural problems of young-growth Sierra forests , and headquartered at Redding , California . A native of Seattle, Washington , he holds bachelor ' s (Washington State University, 1960) and master ' s (Duke University , 1961) degrees in forestry . WILLIAM E. SUNDAHL is on the research staff of the Challenge Experimental Forest , Yuba Cbunty , California . Born in Greenville , Calif ., he attended Chico State Col~ege , w~ere he received a bachelor ' s degree in bio­~og1cal SC1ences ( 1956) . He joined the Forest Servic 1n 1957 . e

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